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Farah province Chief Justice Shams Ur-Rahman offers a traditional Afghan meal to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Martin, Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah civil affairs leader, and Ray Sudweeks, U.S. State Department representative, during a luncheon meeting in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 29, 2012.

LUNCHEON MEETING

Farah province Chief Justice Shams Ur-Rahman offers a traditional Afghan meal to U.S. Army Lt. Col. Mark Martin, Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah civil affairs leader, and Ray Sudweeks, U.S. State Department representative, during a luncheon meeting in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 29, 2012.

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